Carriage for spi nning-lvi ules



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O; H. SEIFERT.

CARRIAGE FOR SPINNING MULES' No. 389,016. P tented Sept. 4, 1888,

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G. H. SEIFERT.

CARRIAGE FOR SPINNING MULES.

No. 889,016. g a Patented Sept. 4, 1888.

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parts herein set forth and claimed.

nrrn TATES CARL H. SEIFERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARRIAGE FOR SPINNING=MULES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,016, dated September 4, 1888.

Application filed February 27, 1888. Serial No. 265.348.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL H. SEIFERT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriages for Spinning-Mules, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawlngs.

My invention relates to improvements in carriages for self-acting spinning-machines.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a carriage for a selfacting spinning machine or mule which will readily permit of one or all ofthespindlcs being readily removed without taking the carriage apart; second, to construct the said carriage so that the spindles may be readily adjusted in the frame when worn, thus permitting their continued use; and, finally, in providing means for using spindles of dillerentconstructions. These several objects are attained by the combination of Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a section of a carriage embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectional view of the same. Figs. 8, 4, 5, and 6 represent detail views.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor responding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a section of the carriage, such as used in selfacting spinning-machines. This section comprises the end piece, 2, top and bottom, 4 and 5, and inclined front rail, 6. Secured to the said inclined front rail, by means of angleirons S, is an inclined base, 7. These angleirons have slots 9 in their vertical arms, by means of which and the screws 10 the base is made vertically adjustable, for a purpose to be explained.

Attached to the under side of the base are plates 11, provided with slots 12, which receive screws 13, the threaded ends of which extend upward through the base, also provided with slots, and enter serewthreaded openings in the bar or plate 14, this construction permitting the bar or plate 14 to be adjusted laterally or outward. The bar 14 is provided with openings placed at equal distance apart to re- (No model.)

ceive cups or sockets 15, in which the lower ends of the spindles are received, and which form bearings for the said ends.

Affixed to the frontedge of the top of the carriage,by means of plates or bars 16, having slots 17 and bolts 17, is a plate or bar, 18. By reason of the slots 17 in the bars or plates 16 the bar 18 is capable of being moved or adjusted laterally. These plates or bars 16 also have two sets of screws, 19 and 20, passing therethro'ugh and bearing against the under side of the top 4 of the carriage, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By this construction the bar 16 can be tilted or inclined in order to incline the said bar to the same angle or pitch as the lower bar, to retain the spindles in the proper positions and permit them to revolve with ease. The bar 18 is also provided with screw-threaded openings, in which are received the eXteriorly-screwthreaded thimhles or bearings 21. These thimbles allow the passage of the upper end of the spindles, and are also screw-t1: readed on their inner port-ion, as at 22, to receive and hold the oil for lubricating the spindles.

Secured to the vertical arms of angle-irons 23, having slots 24, by means of screws or the like, is a bar or rail, 25, this bar or rail carrying the slotted plate 26, secured to the bar or rail by screws 27,which, by reason of the slots, is capable of a vertical adj nstment to accommodate sets of spindles having whirls of different heights, as will be readily understood, and by reason of the slots 24 in the angle-irons, through which slots pass the bolts 24;, by which the irons 23 are secured to the top 4 of the carriage. The rail 26 is capable of a lateral or outward movement to allow it to be adj 115M (1 in accordance with the bar 16.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be understood.

When it is desired to remove a spindle, itis merely necessary to remove the screw-thimble and lift the spindle out, this operation being easily effected, owing to the cut-away portion 21 on the sides of the top of said thimble forming a projecting or neck portion, as seen in Fig. 5, and when desired to take up the wear of the spindle the base is elevated or lowered, as found necessary, and a new surface of the spindle presented; also, the means for accommodating the machine to spindles of different construction is very simple and thoroughly effective, as the slotted plate can be adjusted with ease and facility to suit the case.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A carriage for aself-acting spinning-machine having the top piece, 4, the bottom piece, 5, end connecting-pieces, the inclined front rail, 6, the base 7, the angleirons 8, with slots 9 in the vertical limbs thereof,tl1e screwbolts 10, the bar l8,secured to said top piece,4, the bar l4,secured to said base 7, and spindles with their axles journaled in said bars, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The carriage with the top piece, 4, the bottom piece, 5, the front rail, 6, the base 7, the angle-irons 8, with slots 9 in the vertical limbs thereof, the screw-bolts 10, and the plates 11 and 14, the plates 11 having slots and the plates 14 having screw-threaded openings, the fasteningscrews 13, the bar 18, connected to said top piece, 4, and spindles with their axles journaled in said bar, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A carriage for aself-acting spinning-machine having the base 7, the plate 11, with slots therein,the plate 14, with screw-threaded openings, the screw 13, passing through the slots of plate 11 and base 7 into plate 14, the top piece, 4, with bar 18 connected therewith, and spindles having their journals provided with hearings in plate 14 and bar 18, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. A carriage for a self-acting spinning-machine having the bottom piece, 5, an inclined rail, 6, and a base,7, theplate 14, secured to the base, the top piece, 4, the plates 16 with slots 17, the bolts 17, the cups in said plate 14, the bar 18, connected to said top piece, 4, thimbles in said bar 18, and spindles having their journal-bearings in said cups and thimbles, said parts being combined substantially as described.

5. A carriage for a self-acting spinningm'achine having the top piece, 4, the angle-irons 23,with slots therein, the fastening-bolts, the rail 25, the bar 18, with the thimbles therein, the bottom piece,5, the plate 14,with cups 15, spindles with journal-bearings in said thimbles and cups, the slotted plate 26, secured to said rail 25,and fastening-screws 27,said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

CARL H. sEIFERT.

Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSI-IEIM, \VM. N. MOORE. 

